Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 19, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Bedford County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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236 
WGUS51 KCTP 192244
FFWCTP
PAC009-111-200145-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0035.110819T2244Z-110820T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
644 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY...
  EASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

* AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
  OVER EASTERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES. 
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS
  OF THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOMERSET
  BERLIN...CENTRAL CITY...MEYERSDALE...BUFFALO MILLS AND BEDFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.


&&

LAT...LON 3972 7923 4024 7897 4014 7864 4004 7841
      3972 7855

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT/GARTNER/STEINBUGL

146 
WGUS71 KCTP 200100
FFSCTP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
900 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

PAC009-111-200105-
/O.CAN.KCTP.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110820T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEDFORD PA-SOMERSET PA-
900 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN SOMERSET
AND SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION...WITH 
WATER LEVELS ON MOST OF THE SMALLER STREAMS...AND AREA ROADWAYS 
QUICKLY RECEDING. WATER EARLIER COVERED NUMEROUS ROADS AND FLOODED 
BASEMENTS...WITH A CONCENTRATION OF REPORTS COMING IN FROM THE 
WINDBER AREA IN NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY.

SINCE THE FLOODING THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. JUST SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY CONTINUE 
FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 3972 7923 4024 7897 4014 7864 4004 7841
      3972 7855

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.